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Harry Truman: It is fitting, therefore, that we take this occasion to proclaim to the world the essential principles of the faith by…

On the recordJanuary 19, 1949
It is fitting, therefore, that we take this occasion to proclaim to the world the essential principles of the faith by which we live, and to declare our aims to all peoples.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Inaugural Address.

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